http://survivingharvard.com/2009/05/07/commentary-brain-gain-the-underground-world-of-%e2%80%9cneuroenhancing%e2%80%9d-drugs/ what Harvard taught me, what it can teach you Thu, 25 Aug 2011 01:19:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://survivingharvard.com/2009/05/07/commentary-brain-gain-the-underground-world-of-%e2%80%9cneuroenhancing%e2%80%9d-drugs/comment-page-1/#comment-612 Cecilia Mon, 18 May 2009 14:57:03 +0000 http://survivingharvard.com/?p=212#comment-612 I think this is a very sensitive subject, and it is a sad fact. I understand how all the Alexes may feel. I studed my masters in a Japanese university, in Japanese (when I was not even fluent). By the time I submitted my graduation paper, my health had been eroded by the lack of sleep, and my spirit surrendered to the emotional pressure of having made such effort. I never took any drugs, nor do I regret not having taken them. I don´t agree with the illusional effect drugs may give you now, and the lasting damage they may cause to your body. Still, I understand Alex may have wanted to feel successful by coping with everything, as well as he could. To keep that image. I felt successful by doing good in my studies. But I can´t avoid feeling like a looser when I think I had no life during that time. I think this is a very sensitive subject, and it is a sad fact.
I understand how all the Alexes may feel. I studed my masters in a Japanese university, in Japanese (when I was not even fluent). By the time I submitted my graduation paper, my health had been eroded by the lack of sleep, and my spirit surrendered to the emotional pressure of having made such effort.
I never took any drugs, nor do I regret not having taken them. I don´t agree with the illusional effect drugs may give you now, and the lasting damage they may cause to your body. Still, I understand Alex may have wanted to feel successful by coping with everything, as well as he could. To keep that image.
I felt successful by doing good in my studies. But I can´t avoid feeling like a looser when I think I had no life during that time.

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